Job Description

Senior Manager, Internal Control North America

Location: Bogota, CO

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com

About the Job

The Senior Manager, Internal Control North America is responsible for the regional coordination and effective operation of the Internal Control Framework across all countries and entities in the North America region (US, Canada). The role acts as the primary internal control business partner for regional and local Finance and business leadership, ensuring disciplined execution of the annual internal control cadence, strong country ownership, and timely remediation of control gaps.

The role is a “last-mile orchestration” layer: it coordinates country readiness and stakeholder engagement for Controls Self-Assessment (CSA) and testing cycles, while testing execution is performed by the IC Testing and Automation organization and framework design and scripts are owned by IC Design and Architecture. The role ensures consistent ways of working across countries and escalates issues when required.

Main Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary internal control point of contact for regional and local leadership, providing pragmatic guidance on framework expectations and control ownership.
• Drive consistent adoption of Internal Control standards across countries, including documentation expectations, control ownership, and escalation practices.
• Identify emerging regional risks and recurring control execution challenges, and escalate themes to Head of Risk and Internal Control and relevant process owners.
• Plan and coordinate the regional CSA cycle: set expectations, mobilize countries, manage timeline, and monitor completion and sign-off.
• Perform quality challenge of CSA outputs at regional level: consistency checks, evidence readiness challenge, and escalation of weak assessments.
• Consolidate regional CSA themes, key risks, and priority remediation actions, and communicate outcomes to regional leadership and Head of Risk and Internal Control.
• Coordinate country readiness for testing campaigns: confirm points of contact, walkthrough availability, evidence provision logistics, and local constraints.
• Ensure timely response and evidence delivery from countries; remove roadblocks and escalate non-responsiveness when required.
• Act as the regional escalation point for testing issues requiring business context, prioritization, or leadership intervention, in partnership with the Director, IC Testing and Automation.
• Own regional remediation governance: prioritize actions, track progress, challenge delays, and ensure timely closure and re-testing where applicable.
• Support countries in defining practical remediation plans and securing ownership and deadlines.
• Provide regular reporting to regional leadership on remediation status, overdue items, and systemic themes.
• Coordinate with IC Design and Architecture on interpretation topics, control execution challenges, and feedback from countries to improve scripts, evidence expectations, and control design.
• Partner with IC Excellence on adoption of standards, tool usage, training rollouts, and reporting cadence.
• Align with Internal Audit and other assurance functions in the region to avoid duplication and support efficient assurance planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in regional ways of working (simplification, standardization, and stakeholder experience).

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in internal controls, internal audit, finance, or risk assurance roles, preferably in a multinational or regulated environment.
• Experience operating in a multi-country model with strong stakeholder management and influence at senior levels.
• Experience in the US CPG environment, with exposure to key commercial finance mechanisms such as trade spend and promotions, customer rebates, chargebacks, returns, and distributor or wholesaler models.
• Experience managing control topics in US commercial processes (Order to Cash and Gross-to-Net), including accrual governance, contract terms, pricing and deductions.
• Experience coordinating governance cycles and campaigns (CSA, testing readiness, remediation follow-up, reporting).
• Exposure to end-to-end processes and internal control frameworks (COSO; SOX exposure is a plus).
• Strong execution discipline: ability to mobilize stakeholders, run campaigns, and drive timely outcomes across multiple countries.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including senior leadership interactions.
• Ability to synthesize complex topics into clear, decision-oriented messaging.
• Structured problem-solving mindset and pragmatic approach to remediation.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple interfaces (Testing and Automation, Design and Architecture, Excellence).
• Excellent written and spoken English, comfort working across time zones.

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

www.opella.com/en/careers

Opella Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.